author agreement and publication rights form

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy®

(Please print or type) Title of Manuscript: ______Author Name(s), Degree(s):______Corresponding Author: ______Name ______Organization______Phone ______Street______Fax ______City State Postal Code E-mail

Signatures below certify agreement that each author is in full compliance with the statements that follow. Original signatures are required. This original signed form must accompany your manuscript submission to the Journal editorial office. 1. Transfer of Copyright. I understand and agree that the copyright for the manuscript entitled above, if published by the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, will be taken out in the name of the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. As such, I agree and understand that all rights to the manuscript are assigned and transferred to the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. I understand that this agreement covers revisions of this manuscript, including modifications of the manuscript title listed above. In consideration of the publication of the manuscript, I grant and assign to theJournal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy and its successors all rights in the manuscript of whatsoever kind of nature, including those now or hereafter protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States and all foreign countries, as well as any renewal, extension, or reversion of copyright, now or hereafter provided, in any country. I warrant that this contribution, including all tables, figures, and photographs, is original; that I have full power to make this grant; and that the manuscript, including tables, figures, and photographs, has not been previously published. If portions have been previously published, written permission to publish this material in the Journal has been granted by the appropriate certifying body, and the original signed form or letter granting permission to reprint from this source has been submitted with the manuscript to the Journal editorial office. I also grant that for all portions, including tables, figures, and photographs, republished with permission from another source, an appropriate credit line identifying the certifying body has been provided in the manuscript. In turn, the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy grants to me the royalty-free right of republication in any book of which I am the author or editor, subject to the express condition that lawful notice of claim of copyright be given. I understand that I will receive no royalty or other monetary compensation for the assignment set forth in this agreement. The authors hereby agree to grant the Journal the right to edit, revise, abridge, condense, and translate the foregoing work. They understand that they bear the responsibility for approving editorial changes. Please refer to the Journal’s website for current authors’ instructions on submitting manuscripts for publication. 2. Exceptions to Transfer of Copyright. a. Exemption for Authors Employed by the US Government: I attest that the above manuscript was written as part of the official duties of the authors as employees of the US Government and, therefore, that a transfer of copyright cannot be made. b. Public Access to Government-Funded Research: I attest that the above manuscript reports on research funded through a governmental entity such as the US National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the UK Medical Research Council, the European Research Council, The Wellcome Trust, and the Australian Research Council, and thus must comply with the policies of these organizations regarding public access, should the manuscript be accepted for publication. Public access includes providing a copy of the final manuscript, including all modifications from the publishing and peer review process, to central databases or repositories, such as the US National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC) database. I understand that JOSPT also authorizes government bodies to make the manuscript available in digital form for public access immediately upon publication. 3. Exclusivity of Submission. I affirm that the submitted manuscript is original work by the author(s) and is not published or under consideration for publication (in whole or in part) elsewhere. 4. Biomedical Research, Human Subjects, and Animal Subjects. I affirm that if this manuscript is an investigation involving human subjects, written informed consent has been obtained and an appropriate institutional review board has approved the project. If I did not have available a formal institutional review committee, I followed the principles outlined in the ‘‘Declaration of Helsinki,’’ which included a review and approval of my research protocol by an independent, specially appointed committee. In the Methods section of my submitted manuscript, I have stated the manner in which informed consent was obtained and that institutional review committee approval or its equivalent was obtained. I will provide evidence of such approval if requested. Further, on request from the Journal Editor-in-Chief, I agree to provide the data on which the manuscript is based. 5. Authorship Certification. I have participated in this study and have made a substantial contribution to (1) the conception, design, or the analysis and interpreta- tion of the data; and (2) to drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. In addition, I have participated in this work to the extent that I will take public responsibility for it. I believe that the manuscript represents valid work and I have reviewed and approved the manuscript submitted to the Journal. If the manuscript is accepted for publication in the Journal and revisions are necessary prior to publication, I agree to have the corresponding author listed above serve as the representative for securing my approval of the revisions, and providing the Journal with a timely revision of the work. 6. Financial Disclosure and Conflict of Interest. I affirm that I have no financial affiliation (including research funding) or involvement with any commercial organization that has a direct financial interest in any matter included in this manuscript, except as disclosed in an attachment and cited in the manuscript. Any other conflict of interest (ie, personal associations or involvement as a director, officer, or expert witness) is also disclosed in an attachment. 7. Acknowledgement Statements. In the event that individuals are acknowledged for contributions to the work but are not designated as authors, I attest that written permission has been obtained from all individuals named in the acknowledgement. Original signature of each author: ______Name Date_ ____ Name Date ______Name Date_ ____ Name Date ______Name Date_ ____ Name Date ______Name Date_ ____ Name Date

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